Akɛ Center for Public Integrity, ni ji adafitswaa nitsumɔhe ko ni taooo shika ni tsuɔ nii kɛtaoɔ mɛi ni kɛ amɛhe kpaaa gbee lɛ ahe nii lɛ fee ekome kɛkala sane nɛɛ.
Hejuu. srɔtoisrɔtoi. baisikle. Kevin Hartley, Drew Wynn kɛ Joshua Atkins miitsu nii yɛ nyɔji 10 mli beni amɛgboi lɛ, shi amɛmiitsu nii. Nibii ni akɛtsuɔ nii lɛ yɛ srɔtoi, shi nɔ kome ni haa amɛwala feɔ kuku lɛ ji tsofai ni yɔɔ tsɔnei ni akɛjieɔ pɛnte kɛ nibii krokomɛi ni ahɔ̃ɔ yɛ shwapoi amli lɛ amli. maŋ muu lɛ fɛɛ mli.
Yɛ awerɛhoyeli kɛ gbeyeishemɔ mli lɛ, amɛwekui lɛ wo shi akɛ amɛbaafee nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni amɛbaanyɛ koni tsofa ni ji methylene chloride lɛ akagbe mɔ kroko.
Shi yɛ United States lɛ, tsofafeemɔ nitsumɔhei fioo ko pɛ ena nɔ ni tamɔ nɛkɛ yɛ nitsulɔi kɛ jarayelɔi ahebuu ni bɛ hewalɛ hewɔ. No hewɔ lɛ methylene chloride bafee gbɔmɔgbee ni sɛɛ tsɛɔ, yɛ kɔkɔbɔɔi ni kɔɔ osharai ni yɔɔ e-lasu lɛ mli lɛ he dani afɔ́ Hartley, Wayne kɛ Atkins po lɛ fɛɛ sɛɛ. Agbe mɛi nyɔŋmai abɔ, kɛ jeee nakai lɛ, yɛ afii nyɔŋmai abɔ ni eho nɛɛ amli ni nitsumɔhe ko kɛ ehe wooo mli.
Yɛ niiamlitaomɔ ko ni Center for Public Integrity lɛ fee kɛ mɛi ni fĩɔ shweshweeshwefeemɔ sɛɛ lɛ atsɛ amɛ sɛɛ lɛ, yɛ naagbee lɛ, U.S. Shihilɛ He Buu Nitsumɔhe lɛ wo ŋaa akɛ agu nibii nɛɛ ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ nibii ni akɛjieɔ pɛnte lɛ amli lɛ waa.
No mli lɛ, eji January afi 2017, ni ji Obama nɔyeli lɛ naagbee gbii lɛ. Hartley gbo yɛ nakai afi lɛ April mli, Wynn gbo yɛ nakai afi lɛ October mli, ni Atkins gbo yɛ February mli yɛ afi ni nyiɛ sɛɛ lɛ mli, yɛ be mli ni Trump nɔyeli lɛ kɛ ekãa gbo yɛ mlai ni ajieɔ kɛjɛɔ mlai amli lɛ he, ni eesumɔ ni ejie mlai kɛjɛ mli moŋ fe ni ekɛ mlai afata he—titri lɛ EPA shihilɛ lɛ. Methylene chloride he susumɔ lɛ eyaaa he ko he ko.
Shi, yɛ Atkins gbele sɛɛ nyɔji 13 lɛ, Trump Shihilɛ He Buu Nitsumɔhe lɛ, yɛ nɔnyɛɛ shishi lɛ, kpɛ eyiŋ akɛ ebaakpa tsɔnei ni akɛjieɔ pɛnte ni methylene chloride yɔɔ mli lɛ jarayeli. Yɛ April mli lɛ, Biden Shihilɛ He Buumɔ Nitsumɔhe lɛ wo mla ko ni baatsi tsofa nɛɛ naa yɛ nibii fɛɛ ni mɛi yeɔ kɛ nitsumɔhei babaoo amli lɛ he ŋaa.
Dr. Robert Harrison, ni ji helatsamɔhe tsɔɔlɔ ni tsɔɔ nitsumɔ kɛ shihilɛ mli tsofafeemɔ he nii yɛ California Yunivɛsiti ni yɔɔ San Francisco lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Wɔfɔɔɔ enɛ feemɔ yɛ United States.” “Wekui nɛɛ ji mihewalɛtsɛmɛi.”
Na bɔ ni amɛye naagbai lɛ anɔ kunim koni amɛnine ashɛ yibii nɛɛ anɔ kɛ nɔ ni amɛbaatsɔɔ akɛ ofee kɛji ooje gbɛ ni wa tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ nɔ, kɛji shihilɛ lɛ kɔɔ nibii ni yɔɔ oshara, nitsumɔhe ni bɛ shweshweeshwe, mujiwoo loo pilamɔi krokomɛi ahe.
Brian Wynn, ni enyɛmi nuu Drew ni eye afii 31 lɛ he methylene chloride koni ekɛsaa e-South Carolina kɔfi ni mli ejɔ kɛ friji ni akɛnyiɛɔ mli lɛ kɛɛ akɛ: “Google nɔ fɛɛ nɔ. “Kɛ gbɔmɛi ahe nitsumɔ.”
Nakai ji bɔ ni ena Public Integrity Inquiry, ni akala afii enyɔ dani enyɛmi nuu lɛ gbo lɛ, ni ekɛ ŋaalɔi kpe ni ekase nɔ fɛɛ nɔ kɛjɛ he ni ebaanyɛ ehe nibii lɛ yɛ kɛyashi nɔ hewɔ ni gbelei lɛ asɛɛnyiɛmɔ wa waa lɛ nɔ. (Methylene chloride lasu lɛ gbeɔ mɔ kɛji ebua ehe naa yɛ hei ni afo mli, ni ebaanyɛ ekɛ tsui helai ni tamɔ adebɔɔ mli gbele aba kɛji mɔ ko mɔ ko efeee toxicology kaa.)
Ŋaawoo ni jɛ Wendy Hartley, Kevin nyɛ ŋɔɔ: “Nilee” ji wiemɔ titri ni ataoɔ yɛ niiamlitaomɔ lɛ mli. Ekolɛ niiamlitaomɔi srɔtoi babaoo yɛ ni miimɛ bo yɛ jɛmɛ. Eŋma yɛ e-mail ko mli akɛ: “Enɛ baaye abua ni ajie susumɔi kɛjɛ anɔkwalei amli.”
Lauren Atkins, ni ji Joshua ni eye afii 31 ni gbo beni ekɛ BMX baisikle fɔk miitsu nii lɛ nyɛ lɛ kɛ UCSF Harrison wie shii abɔ. Yɛ February 2018 lɛ, ena ebinuu lɛ gbo yɛ shikpɔŋ ni lita tsɛnsi ni akɛjieɔ pɛnte lɛ kã emasɛi.
Nilee ni Harrison yɔɔ yɛ methylene chloride he lɛ ye ebua lɛ ni etsɔɔ ebi lɛ tsofai fɔji kɛ gbonyo he amaniɛbɔɔ lɛ shishi kɛtee nɔ ni kɛ gbele lɛ ba lɛ mli faŋŋ. Nɛkɛ mlitsɔɔmɔ ni mli ka shi faŋŋ nɛɛ haa shishitoo ni ma shi shiŋŋ kɛha nifeemɔ baa.
Bei pii lɛ, tsofai ni akɛwoɔ mɔ mli lɛ baanyɛ aha gbɔmɛi ahe ajɔ amɛ be kakadaŋŋ ni ekolɛ ebaafee nɔ ni anaaa afii babaoo. Ekolɛ mujiwoo ji sane ko ni tamɔ nakai nɔŋŋ. Shi kɛji oosumɔ ni nɔyelii lɛ afee nɔ ko koni amɛkɛtsu naagbai ni tamɔ nɛkɛ he nii lɛ, nikasemɔ mli niiamlitaomɔ ji shishijee kpakpa lolo.
Nɔ titri ni ha amɛye omanye ji tsakpaa ni yɔɔ weku lɛ kɛ kui ni tsuɔ tsofai ahe shweshweeshwefeemɔ he saji ahe nii momo lɛ ateŋ, kɛ amɛteŋ.
Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, Lauren Atkins na Change.org wolo ko ni kɔɔ methylene chloride nibii ahe kɛjɛ kuu ni fĩɔ tsofai ni yɔɔ shweshweeshwe kɛha wekui ni yɔɔ hewalɛ (amrɔ nɛɛ Toxic Free Future) lɛ sɛɛ, ni ekɛ enine wo wolo lɛ shishi kɛkai ebinuu ni elaaje nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ. Brian Wayne kpã enine mli oya.
Hewalɛi ni yɔɔ hewalɛ efee ekome koni amɛna sɛɛnamɔi ni yɔɔ he lɛ jogbaŋŋ. Kɛji akɛ EPA lɛ efeee nɔ ko lɛ, ehe ehiaaa ni wekui nɛɛ aje shishi kɛjɛ shishijee kɛtsɔ jarayelɔi ni amɛaanyɛ amɛnɔ koni amɛjie nibii kɛjɛ amɛshwapoi lɛ amli lɛ nɔ: Safer Chemicals Healthier Families je e-“Mind the Stores” nitsumɔ lɛ shishi yɛ nɛkɛ tsɛmɔ nɛɛ hetoohamɔ mli.
Ehe ehiaaa ni amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛsusu nitsumɔhe mlai loo mligbɛ nitsumɔi ni kɔɔ Capitol Hill nɔ ni akɛwoɔ mɛi adɛŋ lɛ he. Tsofai ni yɔɔ Shweshweeshwe, Wekui ni Hiɛ Hewalɛ, kɛ Shihilɛ He Buumɔ Shika lɛ yɛ ŋaalee yɛ nɛkɛ nitsumɔ nɛɛ mli.
Kanemɔ babaoo: ‘Shihilɛ be mli jatsu’: Nikasemɔ ko tsɔɔ akɛ mɛi diji ni eda lɛ gboi yɛ kɔɔyɔɔ mli mujiwoo mli fe blɔfomɛi ni eda lɛ toi etɛ .
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Brian Wynn kɛɛ akɛ: “Kɛ́ obaanyɛ okɛ kuu ko ni tamɔ nɛkɛ ato he ... oyɛ hewalɛ ko ni yɔɔ hewalɛ diɛŋtsɛ,” ni etsɔɔ Natural Resources Defense Council lɛ akɛ kuu kroko ni kɛ ekãa miitiu sane lɛ sɛɛ.
Jeee mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni yɔɔ nɛkɛ ta nɛɛ he miishɛɛ lɛ baanyɛ atsu maŋ gbɛfaŋnɔ ko he nii yɛ mli. Akɛ nɔkwɛmɔnɔ lɛ, gbɔi ni eba maŋ lɛ mli ni amɛbɛ mla naa gbɛhe ni hiɔ shi daa lɛ kɛ osharai babaoo kpeɔ yɛ nitsumɔhe, ni gbɛhe ni amɛbɛ lɛ baanyɛ aha ewa loo amɛnyɛŋ amɛwie.
Kɛji wekui nɛɛ kɛ amɛjwɛŋmɔ fɛɛ ma EPA lɛ nɔ lɛ, ekolɛ nitsumɔhe lɛ efeŋ nɔ ko, titri lɛ yɛ bɔ ni Trump nɔyeli lɛ tsiɔ mlai anaa lɛ hewɔ.
Amɛmiinyɛ jarayelɔi anɔ kɛtsɔ “amɛshwapoi lɛ anɔkwɛmɔ” nɔ koni amɛkahɔ̃ɔ pɛnte ni akɛjieɔ pɛnte ni methylene chloride yɔɔ mli lɛ koni amɛkɛhere mɛi awala. Nibii ni abiɔ kɛ shitee-kɛ-woo tsu nii. Nitsumɔhei ni Home Depot kɛ Walmart fata he lɛ ekpɛlɛ nɔ akɛ amɛbaakpa nitsumɔ lɛ.
Amɛmiitsɛ maŋkwramɔŋ kuu lɛ mli bii lɛ koni amɛtsu he nii kɛtsɔ Tsofai ni yɔɔ Shweshweeshwe, Wekui ni He Wa kɛ Shihilɛ He Shikatoohe lɛ nɔ. Amɛkɛ amɛhiɛ ya Washington ni amɛhiɛ weku mfonirii yɛ amɛdɛŋ. Amɛkɛ adafitswaa woji aŋmalalɔi wie ni amɛnine shɛ adafitswaa woji anɔ ni ha béi lɛ mli bawo wu.
South Carolina maŋ onukpai kɛ maŋkwramɔŋ onukpa ko ŋma wolo kɛyaha Scott Pruitt ni ji nakai beaŋ Shihilɛ He Buu Nitsumɔhe lɛ Nɔkwɛlɔ lɛ. Kpee lɛ mli onukpa kroko hu te shi ewo Pruitt yɛ April 2018 saneyeli ko mli. Brian Wynn heɔ eyeɔ akɛ enɛɛmɛi fɛɛ ye ebua weku lɛ ni amɛto kpee he gbɛjianɔ kɛ Pruitt yɛ May 2018.
Brian Wayne kɛɛ akɛ: “Shweshweeshwefeemɔ he bulɔ lɛ he fee lɛ yaa ejaakɛ mɔ ko mɔ ko baaa eŋɔɔ. “Etamɔ Oz shikpɔŋ wulu ni yɔɔ hewalɛ lɛ ni akɛkpeɔ lɛ babaoo.”
Yɛ gbɛ lɛ nɔ lɛ, weku lɛ kɛ sane ko tee kojomɔ he. Amɛ kɛ social media tsu nii kɛ bɔ mɛi kɔkɔ koni amɛka kɛ amɛhe wo oshara mli. Lauren Atkins tee shwapoi ni ahɔ̃ɔ nibii ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ tsɔne mli lɛ amli koni lɛ diɛŋtsɛ ekwɛ kɛji amɛmiijie methylene chloride nibii kɛjɛ amɛ shwapoi lɛ amli diɛŋtsɛ taakɛ amɛkɛɛ lɛ. (Bei komɛi lɛ hɛɛ, bei komɛi hu lɛ daabi.)
Kɛji akɛ enɛɛmɛi fɛɛ tamɔ nɔ ni haa mɔ tsui nyɔɔ emli lɛ, otɔmɔko. Shi wekui lɛ heɔ amɛyeɔ akɛ eji nɔ ni baaba eji amɛkɛ amɛhe wooo mli lɛ mli ka shi faŋŋ.
Lauren Atkins kɛɛ akɛ: “Afeee nɔ ko nɔ ko tamɔ nɔ ni afeeko dã.”
Kunimyelii bibii yaa hiɛ. Nɔ kome kɛ nɔ kroko ba ejaakɛ weku lɛ nijiaŋ ejeee wui. Bei pii lɛ, be kakadaŋŋ mli susumɔ he miihia: Maŋkwramɔŋ mlai ahe nitsumɔ lɛ yaa hiɛ blɛoo kɛjɛ fɔmɔ mli.
Ekolɛ ebaahe afii babaoo loo nɔ ni fe nakai dani nitsumɔhe ko agbe niiamlitaomɔ ni he hiaa koni ekɛ mla ko aba lɛ naa. Esa akɛ susumɔ lɛ aye gbɛtsii nii anɔ kunim dani agbe naa. Shi kɛlɛ, abaanyɛ akɛ naatsii loo taomɔ nii heei awo mli fiofio yɛ be ni sa mli.
Nɔ ni ha wekui ná gu fã ko kɛjɛ EPA lɛ dɛŋ oya ji akɛ, nitsumɔhe lɛ kɛ susumɔ lɛ ba dani ekpa lɛ diɛŋtsɛ. Shi afii enyɔ kɛ fã ho yɛ Kevin Hartley gbele sɛɛ dani Shihilɛ He Buumɔ Nitsumɔhe lɛ naatsii lɛ bɔi nitsumɔ. Ni amɛhaaa nibii ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ nitsumɔhe, tamɔ bathtub he mfonirifeemɔ nitsumɔ ni Kevin ni eye afii 21 lɛ tsuɔ yɛ nitsumɔhe lɛ he nyɔmɔwoo.
Shi kɛlɛ, yɛ nitsumɔhe ko mli lɛ, yiŋkpɛɛi srɔtoi baanyɛ aba ni nɔkwɛlɔi srɔtoi baakpɛ. EPA lɛ yiŋkpɛɛ hee ni akpaa gbɛ akɛ abaakpɛlɛ nɔ yɛ August 2024 lɛ baatsi methylene chloride ni akɛtsuɔ nii yɛ nitsumɔhe lɛ naa kɛha nibii babaoo, ni nɔ ni fata he ji bathtub mli ŋmɔlɔ.
Lauren Atkins kɛɛ akɛ: “Esa akɛ oto otsui shi. Esa akɛ oŋmɛ otsui shi.” “Kɛ eba mɔ ko shihilɛ he, titri lɛ kɛ eba obii lɛ ahe lɛ, onaa. Straightaway”.
Tsakemɔi afeemɔ wa. Ebaanyɛ efee nɔ ni wa akɛ okɛ tsakemɔ baaba ejaakɛ bo loo mɔ ko ni osumɔɔ lɛ eye awui, eyɛ mli akɛ ebaanyɛ ekɛ miishɛjemɔ ni nɔ ko nɔ ko nyɛŋ afee lɛ aha moŋ.
Lauren Atkins bɔ kɔkɔ akɛ: “Nyɛkɛ nyɛhe awoa mli, ejaakɛ enɛ baafee henumɔŋ oshara.” “Mɛi biɔ mi be fɛɛ be, bɔ fɛɛ bɔ ni eji henumɔŋ kɛ nɔ ni wa ha lɛ, mɛni hewɔ miyaa nɔ mifeɔ enɛ?Mihetoo ji be fɛɛ be ni ebaafee nakai be fɛɛ be akɛ: “No hewɔ lɛ ehe ehiaaa ni ota shi.” mihe.No hewɔ lɛ ehe ehiaaa ni okɛ mi ahi shi dɔŋŋ.
Ekɛɛ akɛ: “Te otsuɔ nii ohaa tɛŋŋ beni ohe fã elaaje lɛ?Bei komɛi lɛ misusuɔ akɛ etsui kpa tswaa ni mitsui hu kpa tswaa yɛ nakai gbi lɛ nɔŋŋ nɔ.” “Shi akɛni misumɔɔɔ ni gbɔmɛi krokomɛi tsɔɔ enɛ mli ni misumɔɔɔ ni mɛi krokomɛi hu laajeɔ nɔ ni Joshua laaje lɛ hewɔ lɛ, no ji oti ni ma mihiɛ. Mifee klalo akɛ mafee nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ni he baahia.”
Brian Wynne hu susuɔ nakai nɔŋŋ he, ni ekɛ nibii komɛi ni haa mɔ tsui nyɔɔ emli lɛ he ŋaawoo haa koni eye ebua bo ni ogbe foidamɔ naa. Gym lɛ ji lɛ. Ekɛɛ akɛ: “Esa akɛ otao gbɛ ni obaanyɛ otsɔ nɔ ojie ohenumɔi lɛ akpo.”
Wendy Hartley ena akɛ nitsumɔ ji tsamɔ yɛ lɛ diɛŋtsɛ emli – kɛtsɔ wekui krokomɛi ayelikɛbuamɔ kɛ nɔ ni jɛɔ mli baa ni amɛfeɔ ekome kɛnáa lɛ nɔ.
Ákɛ mɔ ni kɛ gbɔmɔtso lɛ mli nibii haa lɛ, ebinuu lɛ ná mɛi krokomɛi ashihilɛ nɔ hewalɛ tɛ̃ɛ. Ehaa mɔ tsui nyɔɔ emli akɛ ooona egboshinii lɛ ni egbɛ eshwã shwapoi amli kɛtee nɔyeli asai lɛ amli.
Eŋma akɛ: “Kevin here mɛi krokomɛi babaoo awala, ni ebaaya nɔ ehere mɛi babaoo awala afii babaoo ni baaba lɛ amli.”
Kɛji ootswa tsakemɔ he adafi lɛ, ewaaa akɛ ooosusu akɛ mɛi ni kɛ shika tsuɔ nii koni amɛhiɛ shihilɛ ni yɔɔ lɛ mli lɛ baaye kunim be fɛɛ be. Shi oshihilɛ mli niiashikpamɔ lɛ hiɛ muji ni anyɛɛɛ ahe.
“Kɛ́ ole bɔ ni ogbaa osane lɛ, ni eji oshihilɛ fã lɛ, no lɛ obaanyɛ ofee — ni be mli ni obaanyɛ ogba nakai sane lɛ, shweremɔ, lobbyists,” Brian Wayne kɛɛ. “Wɔkɛ suɔmɔ kɛ suɔmɔ ni nɔ bɛ baa.”
Ŋaawoo ni jɛ Wendy Hartley ŋɔɔ: “Kaashe gbeyei akɛ obaajie ohenumɔi akpo.” Wiemɔ bɔ ni nɛkɛ henumɔi nɛɛ náa bo kɛ oweku lɛ nɔ hewalɛ ehaa lɛ he. “Tsɔɔmɔ amɛ bɔ ni amɛ diɛŋtsɛ amɛnáa mɔ nɔ hewalɛ amɛhaa kɛtsɔ mfonirii anɔ.”
Lauren Atkins kɛɛ akɛ: “Afii enumɔ ni eho nɛ lɛ, eji mɔ ko kɛɛ akɛ, ‘Kɛ́ obolɔ waa bɔ ni sa kulɛ, nɔyeli lɛ baanu’ kulɛ, mikɛ ŋmɔlɔ baaŋmɔ.” "Kwɛmɔ nɔ? Gbee kome baanyɛ aha srɔtofeemɔ aba. Misusuɔ akɛ no fata mibi nuu lɛ gboshinii lɛ he."
Jamie Smith Hopkins ji adafitswaa woloŋmalɔ kɛha Maŋkwramɔŋ Emuuyeli He lɛ, ni ji adafitswaa nitsumɔhe ko ni taooo shika ni kwɛɔ bɔ ni mɛi ni kɛ amɛhe kpaaa gbee lɛ yeɔ egbɔ lɛ mli.